4057/5057, Jan 18, 2012

In-Class Writing Activity:

Thinking about Your Writing Process

(O'Donnell, ETSU, First-year composition course materials)

1. Think of a specific, successful writing task you've performed in the past. It could be a particular email; a poem; an academic article.

2. At the top of a page in your notebook, write the title (or a subject line, or a short description if you can't remember the title) and the approximate dates when you composed the piece in question.

3. Describe your writing process:

- What discrete steps did you take: what did you do first, what next, etc?

- How long did it take?

- Where were you, while you were composing it? Name the setting. What did you wear, eat, drink, etc?

- What writing technologies did you use?